Table 2 Percentage of publications for an objective that is represented in the element literature (total publication count for an objective and element normalized by the total for the element)

From: Towards the intentional multifunctionality of urban green infrastructure: a paradox of choice?

 

Green roofs

Vertical greening systems

Urban gardens

Urban parks & green space

Trees & urban forests

Tree pits

Non-infiltrating water storage

Pervious surfaces

Infiltration systems (veg.)

Infiltration sys. (non-veg.)

Detention & sediment basins

Ponds & retention sys.

Constructed wetlands

Urban streams & floodplains

Bare earth

Stormwater attenuation & flood control

17.9%

0.9%

1.1%

2.7%

2.7%

71.4%

24.7%

45.6%

27.2%

59.4%

49.4%

21.0%

6.4%

14.0%

2.7%

Disaster mitigation (excl. flood control)

3.7%

0.9%

1.3%

0.7%

4.1%

0.0%

1.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.6%

1.0%

2.1%

Stormwater quality

7.6%

3.1%

2.4%

1.4%

1.8%

0.0%

17.2%

24.8%

48.8%

25.6%

38.8%

46.3%

26.2%

26.3%

4.8%

Waste management

0.4%

1.9%

0.9%

0.2%

0.1%

0.0%

1.9%

0.3%

6.3%

1.5%

1.2%

0.4%

21.5%

1.7%

0.2%

Water provision

1.0%

2.2%

1.0%

0.8%

0.3%

0.0%

36.5%

2.7%

1.0%

3.8%

1.2%

0.0%

2.8%

0.6%

1.5%

Heat mitigation

27.7%

38.4%

2.8%

10.3%

13.5%

0.0%

2.7%

17.0%

1.7%

0.8%

0.0%

1.4%

3.0%

1.4%

1.7%

Soil remediation

0.5%

0.3%

2.2%

0.6%

1.0%

14.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.4%

0.8%

2.0%

1.3%

Air quality

4.0%

14.1%

1.1%

5.6%

13.2%

0.0%

0.6%

1.7%

2.4%

0.0%

1.2%

1.1%

0.7%

0.3%

25.3%

Carbon storage & greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction

9.5%

12.8%

2.2%

1.9%

4.6%

0.0%

2.7%

0.7%

1.7%

0.8%

1.2%

0.4%

1.5%

0.3%

0.2%

Biodiversity

21.1%

11.3%

24.5%

30.6%

37.4%

14.3%

6.9%

3.4%

8.7%

7.5%

3.5%

27.0%

30.7%

44.4%

26.1%

Human well-being

3.1%

5.6%

21.5%

34.8%

14.6%

0.0%

3.4%

0.7%

1.0%

0.0%

2.4%

1.8%

4.4%

6.5%

25.9%

Social justice

1.0%

1.6%

7.6%

7.9%

3.5%

0.0%

0.4%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.4%

0.9%

0.7%

6.1%

Management of raw materials

1.6%

2.2%

29.3%

1.2%

2.2%

0.0%

1.5%

2.7%

0.0%

0.8%

0.0%

0.0%

0.6%

0.6%

1.5%

Noise mitigation

0.9%

4.1%

0.0%

0.4%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

Economic development

0.0%

0.6%

2.3%

0.7%

0.7%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

1.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

0.4%

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